Nerve First Winner for Sire Rainbow Heir
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Photo: Coglianese Photos/Lauren King
Nerve wins a maiden race at Gulfstream Park
Rainbow Heir , a grade 3-winning son of Wildcat Heir , sired his first winner Aug. 29 in the second race at Gulfstream Park, where Nerve won a five-furlong maiden special weight on the turf by a neck. The colt showed early speed, leading the field, and hanging on for the win in the final stretch against 10 other contenders with Edgard Zayas in the irons.
Nerve is trained by Edward Plesa Jr. and campaigned by Karl and Cathi Glassman, who purchased him from the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training for $130,000. He was consigned by his breeder Ocala Stud.
The Florida-bred chestnut colt is out of the Notebook mare Ennuhway , a winner herself, but more impressively the dam of 12 winners from 14 foals to race, including black-type winners Lisa's Booby Trap and Carilimpio, and stakes-placed Eva London .
Rainbow Heir raced on the dirt and turf with a career spanning from ages 3 to 8 for owner/breeder New Farm. After winning his first time out as a 3-year-old in maiden special weight company at Laurel Park, he won his next two starts and then took the Jersey Shore Stakes (G3) at Monmouth Park.
At 4 he won the Teddy Drone Stakes and New Jersey Breeders Handicap, both at Monmouth Park. In his 6-year-old campaign, he earned a win in the Wolf Hill Stakes and then made a successful switch to the turf for the Gin Rummy Champ Stakes at Gulfstream Park West. The following year he again won the Wolf Hill Stakes and New Jersey Breeders Handicap, and added the Aqueduct Turf Sprint Championship Stakes.
Rainbow Heir was retired to Ocala Stud in 2018 after winning the Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint Stakes in January. After standing his first season at stud, he returned to the racetrack for two final starts. He was third in the Turf Monster Stakes (G3T) at Parx Racing and ninth in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T). He made 33 career starts for a record of 14-4-4, earning $837,395.
He moved to Shamrock Farm in Woodbine, Md., this season and stood for an advertised fee of $2,000.
Rainbow Heir has had two juveniles sell at public auction this year, both for $130,000. With only one yearling offered thus far this year, his 2020 yearlings averaged $12,200.